“By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.” JobsLastsCulturePoorAttitudePovertyCrimeLowsAddictionConservativeLifestyleIdeologyErasClockTrustedWagesGratificationAlarmsCornerstonesBad AttitudePromiscuousAlarm Clocks Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?” ThinkingWorldHumansViewsAttitudePovertyConditionsThirdsSlaveryBotherRejectsHuman ConditionDoomedImmoralStarvationThird WorldVergeFacetsWhy Bother Author:Alex Tabarrok
“An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next.” MindNextLinesAttitudePovertyGrowingPermanentGreat MenRighteousParliamentIndignationRighteous Indignation Author:Paul Valery
“I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not. And perhaps the greatest change of attitude is that today, at least in Kenya, if you don't send your child to school - unless it's a matter of poverty or religion, and it is not that there no schools - then people wonder, "why the hell don't you send your children to school?" Now that's a very big jump from when I was going to school and educating girls was an exception to the rule.” PeopleIfsMenChildrenMatterBigsTodaySchoolGirlAttitudeWonderPovertyHellExampleMarriedDaughterOur ChildrenYour ChildrenExceptionKenyaException To The Rule Author:Wangari Maathai
“We translate into reality thoughts of poverty just as quickly as we do thoughts of riches. But when our attitude toward ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.” BigsRealityAttitudePovertyRichesGenerousPortionsTranslateMerciful Author:W. Clement Stone
“My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.” WorldMeanDoeWarEndsAttitudePovertyViolenceThis WorldNegativeDefinitionsDiscriminationFactorsInequalityReally MeanMy Attitude Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.” SoulPoorAttitudePovertyImpossibleGoodsIrreparable Author:Michel de Montaigne